Question

carmen uses 2/7 of a bag of flour to make 1/2 of a batch of her special homemade cookies. How many bags of flour does it take to make 3 batches of cookies.

Answer 1

12/7 bag of flour is required to make 3 batches of cookies

Explanation:

From the question;

2/7 bag of flour makes 1/2 of a batch of cookies

x bag of flour will make 3 batches of cookies

Mathematically, we cross multiply

2/7 * 3 = 1/2 * x

6/7 = x/2

2 * 6 = 7 * x

12 = 7x

x = 12/7 bag of flour